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Medical Toxicology

Medicare spending analysis for Medical Toxicology providers

🔎 Data Analysis

Medical Toxicology accounts for $5.0M in Medicare payments across 213 providers.

The specialty's average markup of 4.2x is above the overall Medicare average of 3.77x.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Total Payments (10yr)
$5.0M
Top Providers
35
States with Providers
10

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesProvidersYoY Change
2017$11.0K991—
2018$850.8K7.7K33+7665.0%
2019$896.0K8.0K37+5.3%
2020$685.3K5.9K31-23.5%
2021$884.9K7.3K38+29.1%
2022$869.1K7.4K38-1.8%
2023$802.3K6.8K35-7.7%

Top Medical Toxicology Providers

#ProviderStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Arie FrancisNY$84.5K574$147.25
2Robert SchwanerNY$71.6K466$153.67
3David LawrenceNY$68.6K464$147.74
4Kennon HeardCO$41.8K341$122.59
5John RagueCO$39.3K446$88.14
6Kevan MeadorsAR$38.4K451$85.08
7Susan MillerNC$38.3K332$115.32
8Susi VassalloNY$36.3K273$132.99
9Christopher SweatCA$32.1K255$125.80
10Alexa Camarena-MichelCO$31.6K377$83.90
11Matthew CookPA$29.4K246$119.61
12Matthew ZuckermanCO$28.7K219$130.92
13David GoldbergerPA$25.6K278$92.10
14Molly Boyd-SmithNY$24.1K207$116.43
15Jennifer Parker CoteNC$23.3K206$113.24
16Vikhyat BebartaCO$20.9K149$140.21
17Loren FrenchCO$20.6K158$130.20
18Sukhshant AttiAL$17.3K152$113.90
19William RushtonAL$16.0K138$115.93
20William MeggsNC$13.9K116$119.70
21Jason HoppeCO$12.4K98$126.40
22Michael MarlinMS$11.7K97$120.35
23Eric LavonasCO$10.7K92$116.22
24Benjamin HattenCO$9.1K64$141.90
25Christopher HoyteCO$8.4K77$108.89

Top Procedures

CodeDescriptionPaymentsServicesAvg/Service
99285Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making$475.0K3.3K$145.58
99284Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making$152.8K1.6K$94.39
99291Critical care, first 30-74 minutes$114.5K668$171.46
99223Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes$23.9K168$142.10
99283Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making$16.2K303$53.33
99236Initial hospital care with same-day admission and discharge with high level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 85 minutes$4.3K24$181.05
99238Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less$2.9K43$66.98
93010Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only$2.7K438$6.26
99222Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes$2.7K28$97.64
99233Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes$1.8K20$91.08
99239Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes$1.3K16$83.59
99213Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes$983.0615$65.54
99203New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes$868.1211$78.92
93308Ultrasound of heart, follow-up$644.7040$16.12
99282Emergency department visit with straightforward medical decision making$462.8412$38.57
76705Limited ultrasound scan of abdomen$380.3723$16.54
76604Ultrasound scan of chest$331.1622$15.05
93042Electrocardiogram (ecg) 1 to 3 leads with review by physician only$262.0842$6.24
99281Emergency department visit for problem that may not require health care professional$110.8914$7.92

Geographic Distribution

NY
$291.7K
8 providers
CO
$236.6K
12 providers
NC
$87.2K
5 providers
PA
$55.0K
2 providers
AR
$38.4K
1 providers
CA
$34.6K
2 providers
AL
$33.3K
2 providers
MS
$11.7K
1 providers
OR
$8.0K
1 providers
OH
$5.9K
1 providers

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Data Sources

  • • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
  • • Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data (2014-2023)
  • • CMS National Health Expenditure Data

Last Updated: February 2026 (data through 2023, the latest CMS release)

Note: All data is from publicly available Medicare records. OpenMedicare is an independent journalism project not affiliated with CMS.